Mud-guard for vehicle-wheels.



' PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

w. E. DRAKE. MUD GUARD FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. 1907.

Inue wimam E Drake Qfiy witnesses:

50. Wheel so that it will not strike the road surlllinois, has invt it is Well known that much trouble is crap 'hpplioation filed May 15 il s all whom it meg oncern;

Be it known that nail Deans, citi- .zen of the United St s, residing at Chane:- lervillc, in the u ess and of in new and use "iii nerds for Vehicley declare that the and exact descripi will enable oth rs h it appertains to improvements W heels and he following is a h tion of the inven i on, n skilled in the art W make and use the same.

This invention pertains for vehicle Wheels.

The object of he invention is to provide a simple attacln'nont tor the Wheels of vehi clest'or thepurpose preventing the spaces between the spo hes becoming filled with mud (in country roads, especially in the spring,

to p a mud guard l becoming filled it there. extremely heavy the driver being i. en ci'i npelled to unhooh his team and leave the vehicle until help can be secured by which to Withdraw it from the mud. The Wheels often sink almost to their hubs and when the mud is very stiff the spaces between the spokes are entirely tilled and the friction of the gathered mud in cutting through the mud oi the road is very great. it is my purpose in view of this to provide simple means by which the trouble can. be obviated. This will be fully understood from the following description aided by the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a side view oi a Wheel showing a plate for covering and protecting he spokes. llig. 2 is a transverse section showing a plate on each side of-the ielly. Fig. 3 is a face View of a portion of one oi the plates showing a member attached tnercto "for receiving the end of a bolt. Fig. l is a modified form of the device shown in sections.

'A represents the folly of the Wheel having the usual tire B. At each side of the Wheel is a plate C ct sheet metal which may be of steel, or even some non-corrosive metal, or alloy, of sulilcientsiae to almost cover the entire Wheel and lie upon the telly Within a short distance oi the tire l3 this covering being slightly removed l'roni the tread of t a the hub so as to leave an annularspace between 1t and said hub shown. At inten Patented March; i908.

1904'. Eerial No, 37%,505.

or other good means to said plate, 3131B. ber havnig a threaded. aperture a This said member is provided to 1" e the threaded end of the bolt D descri ed, the head oi said bolt bearing against t outs de of the opposite plate Where it can turned by means of a Wrench.

Inside the latter plate is semired a member D corresponding to E except that its aperture is not threaded but is suiliciently large to permit the bolt to easily slip therethrough, said inenil'ier being beneath the bolt-head. The members E and.

l) need not necessarily be employed one oi the plates could be threaded to receive the bolt. But any other means could employed by which to firmly clamp the pl; in position.

in. Fig. l I show a plate made in S6? sections. By this means smaller portio may be used from which to out the parts so as to reduce expense although it is preferable to have one p' e member since it is more quickly placed 1 I n the Wheel. in using th sections, the are preferably made to abut so that no laps or edges will be pre sented to cause friction in passing through the mud. I

The advantage of my device Will'be apparent. Ila-passing through mud, no matter how still it may be, the Wheels simply melee the traclr and the Wheel passes therethrough with little or no friction because the-plates are parallel to one another and readily 1 through the channel or track out by i Wl1eel-rini. In case. the Wheel rim orfelly out of true or the sections thereof are not. quite in line thus leaving gaps between th plate C and the telly so that road material. can pass between said telly and plate into th interior, l have purposely made the opei. l) of much larger size than the hub so the material can be given free passageand space shown in Fig. 1. The material, it Wet, will, when it becomes dry, or nearly so liber ate itseli and shake and rattle out from tween the spokes at each eide oi' the wheel and it can also, be readily dislodged at the o ening or recess by the use of a stick or'the lilperated by falling through the annular ,I

employed to strengthen or stiali'en the plate lire. lily this'nieans the Wheel Will not be my invention.

some clogged and heavy in the manner de-- scribed due to the defects in the wheelrim.

*the s okes hold the mud. 1"0

I esire to make it-understood that I do not wish to confine myself to exactly what is shown since slight changes may be made that will still come within the scope and intent of Having thus described my invention, I

claim:

A wheel, plate sections secured to and for through the plates for clamping the latter to the wheel, and members secured to the lates 5 for reinforcing them and through Whic the .bolts extend and with certain of which the said bolts engage as set forth. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. V WILLIAM E. DRAKE, Witnesses:

L. THURLOW, A. KEITHL'EY. 

